I have a question about Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!:

I can't get my "laptop" out of the 16 bit color mode to run on my desktop monitor. Whenever I change it to 16 bit high color or 256 colors it remains at the 16 bit color. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Dennis

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Frankly, I don't think you're doing -anything- wrong; I think it's a hardware limitation.





On my Sony VAIO, I've noticed that to use the external monitor I need to reduce color 
depth to 16 bits. My -->GUESS<-- is that the video memory is inadequate to handle 
2 monitors at 32-bit color.

It's a legitimate annoyance, but for me it's livable.





On Monday, February 11, 2002 at 10:38 am, Dennis wrote:
>I have a question about Windows 
>keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!:

>I can't get my "laptop" out of the 16 bit color mode to run on my desktop monitor. 
>Whenever I change it to 16 bit high color or 256 colors it remains at the 16 bit 
>color. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Dennis
>
>
>

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I have a similar problem on a '99 Hitachi. I just went from 2000 to 98 yesterday, and now I only have two color options: BnW and 16 colors (not 16-bit). What do I do?


On Monday, February 11, 2002 at 10:38 am, Dennis wrote:
>I have a question about Windows
>keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!:

>I can't get my "laptop" out of the 16 bit color mode to run on my desktop monitor.
>Whenever I change it to 16 bit high color or 256 colors it remains at the 16 bit
>color. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Dennis
>
>
>

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i have almost the same problem....someone else was using my pc and put the colors on 16-bit....and now that i want them back i cant do it...i only get the option of 2-bit and 16-bit plzzzz help


On Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at 2:58 pm, Josh Turner wrote:
>I have a similar problem on a '99 Hitachi. I just went from 2000 to 98 yesterday,
>and now I only have two color options: BnW and 16 colors (not 16-bit). What do I
>do?
>
>

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If it previously went above 16 then your graphics adapter is probably set up wrong. Try re-installing it.


On Wednesday, December 24, 2003 at 1:07 am, Sana wrote:
>i have almost the same problem....someone else was using my pc and put the colors
>on 16-bit....and now that i want them back i cant do it...i only get the option of
>2-bit and 16-bit
>plzzzz help
>
>

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I have the same problem, but what if you have uninstalled and reinstalled windows three times to fix it but it still only gives the options of 2-bit and 16-bit?


On Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at 4:48 pm, Fred wrote:
>If it previously went above 16 then your graphics adapter is probably set up wrong.
>Try re-installing it.
>

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codeman wrote:
|[...]what if you have uninstalled and reinstalled windows three times to fix it
|
That's like amputating your arm because you got a scratch on your finger.
BAD SOLUTION.
Using it shows you need to learn how to use a search engine properly.

|but it still only gives the options of 2-bit and 16-bit?
|
It's amazing that of the >15,000 posts on this forum
you couldn't find a thread with smarter people posting to it.

Of course, it's apparent that YOU aren't very smart yourself
--not bothering to read what's in THE 
BIG RED BOX.


As this is 1 of the 2 most-asked questions here,
it should be duck soup to find the answer many times over:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:annoyances.org+forum-win98+colors+driver
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=site:annoyances.org+"+forum+win98"+colors+driver

If something KEEPS getting borked, it's because YOU keep getting it infected
or your hard disk media is old and defective.

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